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MEMOIR 


5icut,=(|oloncI   Samuel   W'mi 


FIRST    RHODE    ISLAND    REGIMENT, 


A  R  !\r  V     OF     THE     AMERICAN     REVOLUTION 


GENEALOGY  OF  THE  WARD  FAMILY 


JOHN     WARD 


NEW    YORK, 

1875. 


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PREFACE. 


This  sketch  was  prepared  for  the  July  number  of  the  New  York  Gene- 
alogical and  Biographical  Record,  from  family  letters  and  other  manu- 
scripts in  the  possession  of  the  author.  The  various  journals  of  the 
expedition  to  Quebec  have  also  been  consulted.  It  is  to  be  regretted 
that  Lieut.-Col.  Ward's  private  journal  of  the  e.xpedition  is  no  longer  in 
existence.  The  Life  of  Major-General  Nalhanael  Greene,  by  George  W. 
Greene ;  Washington's  Letters  (edited  by  Jared  Sparks) ;  and  the  "  Order 
Book"  kept  by  Col.  Christopher  Greene's  Acting  Adjutant-General,  em- 
bodying Gen.  Sullivan's  orders,  etc.,  have  also  been  carefully  consulted. 

The  Genealogy  of  the  Ward  Family  has  been  prepared  with  great  care 
from  the  family  records,  with  the  assistance  of  a  paper  jointly  compiled  from 
the  same  sources  by  Henry  T.  Drowne,  and  the  author,  and  with  the  valu- 
able aid  oijohn  R.  Bartktfs  Rhode  Island  Colonial  Records. 

Governor  Samuel  Ward's  life  has  been  written  by  William  Gammell, 
and  will  be  found  in  the  ninth  volume  of  Sparks'  Library  of  American 
Biography.  It  will  be  seen  that  an  untimely  death  alone  prevented  his 
becoming  one  of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and 
thereby  reaping  the  fruit  of  his  great  labors  in  the  Continental  Congress. 

Lieut.-Col.  Ward's  life  has  also  been  written  by  Professor  Gammell  as  a 
closing  portion  of  the  biography  just  alluded  to.  AVilliam  G.  Goddard  has 
described  him  in  his  biographical  notices  of  graduates  of  Brown  University  : 
he  has  also  been  honorably  mentioned  by  the  Rev.  Edwin  M.  Stone,  in  the 
sixth  volume  of  the  Collections  of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society. 

On  the  15th  of  August,  1775,  Governor  Ward  wrote  from  Westerly,  R.  I., 
to  his  son  at  Cambridge  :  "It  gives  me  inexpressible  pleasure  to  find  Gen- 
eral Washington  so  universally  acceptable  to  all  the  troops.  I  was  sure, 
from  the  intimate  acquaintance  I  had  with  him,  his  appointment  would 
certainly  be  attended  with  the  most  happy  consequences." 

Professor  A.  P.  Peabody,  D.D.,  in  his  recent  Centennial  Oration  at  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusett.s,  states  that  "  only  in  the  Rhode  Island  Regiments, 
under  General  Greene,  did  he  [Washington]  discover  aught  of  military  order, 
system,  discipline  and  subordination."  Lieut.-Col.  Ward,  then  Captain, 
was  an  intimate  friend  of  General  Greene ;  and  the  wise  counsels  of  his 
father.  Governor  Ward,  and  his  influence  in  the  Assembly  of  Rhode  Island, 
not  only  brought  about  (Greene's  first  appointment  as  Brigadier-General, 
but  materially  aided  in  putting  the  troops  in  the  most  effective  condition. 

A  manuscript  Journal  of  the  Count  de  Rochambeau  in  America,  belong- 
ing to  Mr.  C.  Fiske  Harris  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  also  praises  the  Rhode  Island 
Regiments  as  being  the  best  troops  the  writer  had  seen  in  this  country. 

The  engraving  of  Lieut.-Col.  Ward  is  taken  from  a  beautiful  miniature 
by  Miss  Anne  Hall, — one  of  her  numerous  and  remarkable  works,— now  in 
the  author's  possession. 

New  York,  July  13,  1S75. 


987:f'^0 


LIEUT.-COLONEL  SAMUEL  WARD, 


OF  THE   REVOLUTIONARY   WAR. 


By  Coi..  John  Ward,  of  New  York. 


Samuki.  Ward,  fifth  child  of  Governor  Samuel  Ward,  of  Rhode  Island, 
and  Anne  Ray,  was  born  at  Westerly  hi  that  Colony,  Nov.  17,  1756.  On 
both  sides  he  was  descended  from  the  celebrated  Roger  Williams.  His 
ancestor,  John  Ward,  born  in  16 19,  was  a  cavalry  officer  in  Cromwell's 
army,  and  his  sword  was  preserved  by  his  descendants  for  five  generations. 
He  came  over  to  America  from  Cloucester,  England,  and  settled  in  New- 
|)ort,  R.  1.,  about  1673,  and  died  there  in  169S.  His  tombstone,  and  those 
of  his  descendants  for  three  generations,  mav  be  seen  in  the  old  cemetery 
at  Newport.  His  son,  Thomas  Ward,  born  in  1641,  left  England  about 
1671  ;  and  also  settled  at  Newport,  R.  1.  He  was  successively  elected 
'Treasurer,  and  a  member  of  both  houses  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Colony.  He  married,  for  his  second  wife,  Amy  Smith,  and  died  in  1689, 
leaving  two  sons  by  this  marriage,  the  elder  of  whom,  Thomas,  died 
in  his  thirteenth  year,  while  the  younger  one,  Richard,  born  in  1689, 
lived  to  be  a  very  jirominent  man  in  the  Colony,  l)ecoming  Governor 
of  Rhode  Islanil  from  1740-43.  (Jov.  Richard  Ward  married  Mary 
'Tillinghast,  and  died  in  1763.  His  second  son,  Samuel,  born  in  1725, 
after  having  been  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Rhode  Island, 
rei)resented  that  |)rovince, — with  Governor  Wm.  Greene  and  Mr.  John 
Anilrews, — in  the  Convention  called  at  Hartford  in  1758  by  the  Earl 
of  l.oudoun,  during  the  l''rench  wai',  for  the  purpose  of  arranging  for 
the  defence  of  the  Colonies,  and  settling  theii-  (juotas  of  troops.  Subse- 
(juently,  in  1761,  Mr.  Ward  became  Chief  Justice  of  the  Colony,  and  then 
served  several  terms  as  Governor,  in  1762,  and  from  1765-67.  On  the 
tSth  of  June,  1774,  he  was  chosen,  together  with  Stephen  Hopkins,  by  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  (Jolony,  to  represent  Rhode  Island  during  the 
first  session  of  the  Continental  Congress  at  Philadeli)hia.  Governor 
Ward's  great  capacity  as  a  legislator  speedily  brought  him  into  prominent 
notice.  His  private  journal  of  the  proceedings  of  Congress  in  i  77.1^  and 
I  775  is  full  of  interest.  'The  session  of  the  first  Congress  only  lasted  from 
Sept.  5th  to  Oct.  26lh,  when  an  adjt)urnment  took  place  ;  a  second  Con- 
gress being  chosen,  and  meeting  at  Philadelphia,  May  10,  1775.  Shortly 
I 


5  JAeut.-ColoncI  Samuel   Ward. 

after  this  date,  while  the  country  was  still  ringing  with  the  excitement 
occasioned  by  the  battle  of  Lexington,  the  two  colleagues,  having  been  re- 
api)ointed  by  the  Clcneral  Assembly  of  their  Colony,  again  l<jok  their  seats. 
(lovernor  Ward,  from  this  time  until  his  dcaih,  IVIarch  26,  1776,  worked 
unremittingly  in  the  cause  of  Indeiicndcnce  ;  and,  as  cjiairman  of  the 
Comiuitlee  of  the  Whole,  which  sat  daily,  constantly  jiresided  over  the 
working  sessions  of  Congress.  He  was  chairman  when  it  was  resolved  to 
elect  a  General  for  the  Continental  forces,  June  15,  1775,  the  choice  of 
Congress  unanimousl)-  falling  on  Col.  Cloorgc  Washington,  who  was  then 
one  of  the  delegates  from  Virginia,  and  had  become  intimately  ac(|uainted 
with  Clovcrnor  Ward.  What  is  jueserved  of  the  subsequent  corres|)ondence 
of  Ciov.  Ward  with  (ieneral  Washington  is  of  extreme  interest. 

Gov.  Ward's  son,  Samuel,  the  subject  of  this  memoir,  was  educated  at 
Brown  University,  in  Providence,  and  was  graduated  there,  with  high 
honors,  in  1771.  Throughout  his  youth  and  early  manhood  he  was  an  inti- 
mate friend  of  General  Nathanael  Greene's,  and  their  correspondence  is 
very  interesting.  Samuel  Ward  evinced  great  enthusiasm  in  the  cause  of 
American  liberty,  and  on  the  8th  of  May,  1775,  received  a  connnission  as 
Captain  of  a  Comi)any  to  be  raised  in  Kings  and  Kent  Counties,  R.  I., 
"for  the  preservation  of  his  Majesty's  loyal  and  faithful  subjects  of  the 
Colony  of  Rhode  Island,"  a  curious  retention  of  previous  forms,  under  an 
absolute  change  of  circumstances.  This  connnission  was  signed,  under 
authority  of  the  General  Assembly,  by  Henry  Ward,  Secretary  of  Rhode 
Island,  a  brother  of  Gov.  Ward's.  Captain  Ward  joined  the  Rhode  Island 
Army  of  (Observation  under  General  Greene,  and  was  slntioned  at  Cam- 
bridge, where  General  Washington  assumed  conunand  of  the  forces  besieg- 
ing F.oston  on  the  3d  of  July,  1775. 

In  a  letter  from  General  Washington  to  Governor  Sanniel  Ward,  dated 
at  Cambridge,  August,  1775,  he  says:  "1  did  not  know  till  yesterday  that 
you  had  a  son  in  the  army  :  to-day,  I  had  the  pleasure  of  his  company  at 
dinner,  together  with  General  Greene, — Colonels  Varnuui  and  Hitchcock 
had  already  done  me  that  favor, — I  tliink,  if  occasion  should  offer,  I  shall 
be  able  to  give  you  a  good  account  of  your  son,  as  he  seems  a  sensible, 
well-informed  young  man." 

Governor  Ward  acknowledged  Gen.  Washington's  kindness  to  his  son  in 
the  following  letter  : 

riiiLADKi.rniA,  17'''  .Sepf.,  1775. 
Dear  Sir  : 

Having  nothing  of  immediate  consequence  to  conininnicale,  and  determining  to  set  out 
for  tliisCity  in  a  few  Days  after  the  Receipt  of  your  favor,  I  deferred  acknowledging  it  un- 
til my  arrival  here. 

I  am  greatly  obliged  to  you  for  the  very  kind  notice  which  you  were  pleased  to  take  of 
my  son,  and  the  favorable  light  in  which  you  view  him.  The  advantages  of  travelling  he 
wants;  but  those  of  a  liberal  Education  he  enjoys.  Me  has  seen  some  of  the  best  Com- 
pany in  our  Colony ;  and,  from  his  moral  and  political  Principles,  I  Halter  myself  his  Con- 
duct will  make  him  not  unworthy  of  your  future  Regard,  every  Instance  of  whicli  I  shall 
most  gratefully  acknowledge. 

With  Pleasure  I  observe,  that  you  have  lately  received  some  Powder,  and  expect  some 
Lead  and  Arms,  from  our  Colony.  I  hope  the  measures  taken  by  Congress,  and  by  the 
Colonies,  will  furnish  you  with  such  Quantities,  as  will  allow  the  freest  Scope  to  your 
Military  Plans  and  Opcratiims. 

That  Part  of  your  Letter  relative  to  removing  the  Stock  from  the  Islands  .and  .Sea-Coast, 
I  laid  before  our  General  Assembly.     I  shewed  the  necessity  of  immediately  doing  it,  in 


Lieut. -Colonel  Samuel  Ward.  >j 

tlie  most  furcihlc  Terms ;  and  such  measures  were  immediately  adopted,  as  have,  I  imajjijie, 
secured  all  our  Cattle  from  the  Enemy,  by  this  Time. 

The  innumeraljle  Difficulties  which  yuu  must  have  encountered  in  the  Command  of  an 
army  under  difTcrcnt  Kslablishmcnts,  in  want  of  Arms  and  Ammunition,  regtdar  Supplies 
of  Provisions,  a  military  Chest,  experienced  Officers,  a  due  Organization,  and  a  hundrci 
otiier  Thinys,  1  have  some,  thougli  not  an  adequate  Conception  of;  but,  from  the  Ac- 
counts wiiich  1  liave  the  Pleasure  to  receive  from  my  Friends  in  Congress,  I  doubt  not  but 
your  w  ise  and  steady  attention  to  the  Service  will  surnioimt  all  Oljstacles,  and  tliat,  Ijy  the 
0[)ening  of  the  next  Campaign,  you  will  have  the  finest  Army  under  your  Command  which 
ever  was  formed  in  America. 

I  am  too  sensible  of  the  Multiplicity  of  Business  in  which  you  are  engaged,  to  flatter 
myself  with  a  regular  Correspondence;  but  wlienever  you  shall  conmiunieale  anything 
necessary  for  the  public  good  to  me,  you  may  rely  upon  my  best  and  constant  Endeavours, 
both  in  our  own  Colony  and  in  Congress,  to  promote  the  Service. 

I  most  cheerfully  entered  into  a  solemn  Engagement,  upon  your  Appointment,  to  sup- 
port you  with  my  Life  ancl  Fortune,  and  shall  most  religiously,  and  with  the  highest 
Pleasure,  endeavour  to  Uiscliarge  that  duty.  The  Congress  began  to  do  business  last 
Wednesday,  but  many  Members  are  still  absent.  CoK  Lee,  Col".  Harrison  and  Mr.  Jef- 
ferson, and  the  North  Carolina  Delegates,  and  some  others,  have  not  arrived.  Mr. 
Randolph  has  been  confined  with  a  fever  two  or  three  Days;  Messrs.  Wythe  and  Lee  are 
under  Enoculation  ;  so  that  Colo.  Nelson  alone  attends  from  your  Colony. 

We  entered  into  the  Consideration  of  your  letters  yesterday.  Eor  want  of  a  thorougli 
knowledge  of  military  affairs,  it  was  not  so  well  imderstood,  how  an  Officer's  having  several 
Ap])ointments  could  make  any  Difference  in  Rank.  For  instance,  how  a  General  Officer's 
having  a  Regiment  or  Company,  or  a  Field  Officer's  having  a  Company,  could  alter  his 
Rank.  It  seemed  to  be  tlie  general  Opinion,  that  all  Officers  should  receive  Pay  only  for 
one  Commission,  and  that  their  highest ;  and  that  when  the  Army  was  reformed,  no  I'erson 
should  sustain  more  than  one  office.  But  some  seemed  to  apprehend,  that  if  a  General 
Officer  appointed  by  his  Colony  as  Colonel  of  a  particular  Regiment,  or  a  Field  Officer  as 
Cajjtain  of  a  Company,  were  refused  by  the  Congress  commissions  as  such,  that  the 
Colonies  wouhl  apiiuint  other  Colonels  and  Captains  in  their  Places.  That  this  mcrease  of 
Officers  would  augment  the  difficulties  attending  the  Reduction  of  the  Troops,  if  such  a 
Measure  should  be  adopted.  Upon  the  whole,  the  Matter  was  referred,  and  as  soon  as 
your  several  Letters  are  considered,  you  will  be  acquainted  with  the  Sentiments  of  the 
Congress. 

We  have  no  News  here  from  England  later  than  the  iSth  of  July.  By  the  King's 
answer  to  the  Petition  of  the  Lord  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Commons,  of  the  City  of  Lon- 
don, it  ajipears  he  is  determined  to  ]iursue  and  enforce  Iiis  Measures.  God  be  thanked, 
that  however  severe  the  Contest  may  ])rove,  we  are  now  in  such  a  happy  way,  that  the 
end  must  be  the  Establishment  of  American  Liberty. 

****** 

Samuel  Ward. 
To  General  Washington. 

The  second  comtnission  as  Captain,  of  Governor  Ward's  cherished  .son, 
is  dated  July  ist,  1775.  It  is  signed  by  John  Hancock,  under  the  autliority 
of  Congress,  as  President  of  that  body,  and  assigns  Captain  Samuel  Ward 
to  the  TweU'th  Regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel  \'arnuin. 

After  remaining  all  summer  at  Cambridge  and  at  Prospect  Hill  (near 
Charlestown,  Mass.),  in  the  American  camp, — the  monotony  being  varied 
by  slight  skirmishing  with  the  British, — Captain  Ward  was  one  of  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  of  the  Riiode  Lsland  troops,  who  volunteered  (under  Lieut. - 
Colonel  Ciiristopher  C.reene)  to  join  Colonel  Benedict  Arnold's  command 
of,  altogether,  eleven  hundred  men,  directed  to  join  Gen.  Montgomery  at 
Quebec,  by  way  of  the  Kennebec  River  in  Maine.  They  marched  from 
Prospect  Hill,  Sept.  loth  ;  tlie  expedition  sailing  from  Newbury  port  on 
the  19th  of  Septemifer,  and  reaching  the  Kennebec  River  the  tollowing 
day.     Their  subsequent  march  is  one  of  the  most  terrible  on  rpcord.     The 


3  Lieut. -Colonel  Samuel  Ward. 

men  not  being  acquainted  witli  tlie  use  of  bateaux,  an  immense  amount 
of  wading  and  fording  had  to  be  iierformed.  The  i)rovisions  were  strapped 
in  kegs  on  the  backs  of  the  soldiers,  and  their  necessary  scantiness  pro- 
duced great  suffering. 

'I'he  force  was  chvided  into  two  divisions,  one  commanded  by  Lieut.- 
Colimel  (Ireene,  and  the  other  by  Lieut.- Col.  Enos.  The  latter  turned 
back  with  his  command,  on  arriving  at  Chaudicre  Pond,  owing  to  the  great 
privations  they  endured.  Lieut. -Col.  Creene's  battalion  pressed  on  bravely 
to  Point  Levi  on  the  St.  Lawrence,  opposite  Quebec,  and  crossed  the 
river  on  the  night  of  the  13th  of  November,  encamjjing  near  the  city.  It 
has  been  thought  that  Arnold  might  then  have  easily  captured  Quebec,  but 
what  appeared  to  be  the  more  prudent  jiolicy  of  waiting  for  the  reinforce- 
ments under  Cen.  Montgomery  was  adopted,  and  early  in  the  morning  of 
the  20th  of  November,  the  Americans  marched  to  Point-aux-Trembles  to 
await  the  (ieneral's  arrival.  In  a  letter  from  the  latter  ])oint,  dated  Nov. 
26,  1775,  Captain  Ward  gives  a  vivid  account  to  his  family  of  the  hardships 
of  the  expedition  :  "  It  would  take  too  much  time,"  he  says,  "  to  tell  you 
what  we  have  undergone.  However,  as  a  sununary  of  the  whole,  we  have 
gone  up  one  of  the  most  ra|)id  rivers  in  the  world,  where  the  water  was  so 
shoal  that,  moderately  speaking,  we  have  waded  100  miles.  ^Ve  were 
thirty  days  in  a  wilderness  that  none  but  savages  ever  attempted  to  pass. 
We  marched  100  miles  upon  short,  three  days'  i)rovisions,  waded  over  three 
rapid  rivers,  marched  tiirough  snow  and  ice  barefoot,  passed  over  the  St. 
Lawrence  where  it  was  guarded  by  the  enemy's  frigates,  and  are  now  about 
twenty-four  miles  from  the  city,  to  recruit  our  worn-out  natures.  General 
Montgomery  intends  to  join  us  innnediately,  so  that  we  have  a  winter's 
campaign  before  us ;  but  I  trust  we  shall  have  the  glory  of  taking 
Quebec !  " 

After  seizing  Montreal,  Gen.  Montgomery  sailed  down  the  St.  Lawrence 
to  Point-aux-Trembles,  arriving  on  the  .second  of  December,  and  assuming 
conunand.  Two  days  later,  the  .American  forces  returned  to  the  immediate 
neighboriiood  of  Quebec.  Gen.  Carleton,  who  had  evacuated  Montreal, 
was  now  in  command  of  the  liritish  forces  in  Quebec,  and  i)repared  for  a 
vigorous  defence.  The  Americans  arrived  before  the  city  on  the  fifth  of 
December,  and  spent  the  month  in  preparations  for  an  assault. 

Tiie  attack  was  finally  made  early  in  the  morning  of  the  31st  of  Decem- 
ber, under  cover  of  a  very  heavy  snow  storm,  Gen.  Montgomery  assailing 
the  defences  protecting  the  road  at  the  base  of  Cape  Diamond,  with  the 
New  York  troops,  so  as  to  reach  the  lower  town  ;  Col.  Livingston  attack- 
ing St.  John's  Gate  ;  while  Col.  .Arnold's  conunand,  approaching  from  the 
North  side  on  the  St.  Charles  river,  attacked  tlie  first  barrier  defending  the 
lower  town  on  that  side,  in  face  of  a  fire  of  artillery,  Capt.  \V'anrs  company 
occupying  about  the  centre  of  the  forces  ;  and  after  an  hour's  fighting  car- 
ried the  barrier,  and  captured  the  battery,  making  sixty  prisoners.  Col. 
Arnold  being  wounded  at  the  beginning  of  the  attack,  ('aptain  Morgan 
with  his  company  led  the  advance,  and  reached  the  second  barrier,  making 
more  jirisoners.  Owing  to  the  wetting  of  their  muskets  the  Americans 
were  unable  to  take  the  second  barrier,  which  was  strongly  defended,  and 
after  fighting  for  three  hours  more,  i)rotecting  themselves  by  occupying  the 
houses  on  the  narrow  street,  were  all  made  prisoners,  in  turn,  near  Hope 
Gate ;  a  force  sent  by  Gen.  Carleton  attacking  them  in  the  rear.     They 


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were  kindly  treated  during  their  captivity  ;  but,  the  death  of  their  beloved 
General  Montgomery,  who  was  killed  by  the  random  discharge  of  a  Hritish 
cannon  during  his  gallant  attack  on  the  block-house  at  the  foot  of  Cape 
Diamond,  added  much  to  the  sufferings  incident  to  their  position. 

Captain  Ward  was  still  a  prisoner  when  his  father  Gov.  Ward  died,  and 
remained  so  until  August,  1776,  when  he  was  released  on  jiarole,  the 
American  prisoners  being  sent  by  sea  to  New  York  on  the  nth  of  August. 
He  was  exchanged  before  the  close  of  the  year.  Towards  the  middle  of 
November  he  visited  Fort  Washington  on  New  York  island,  in  company 
with  General  (ireene,  siiortly  before  the  fall  of  that  fort.  Among  the  garri- 
son Captain  Ward  recognized  a  number  of  those  who  had  turned  back 
from  the  expedition  to  Quebec.  They  are  said  to  have  shrunk  back  on 
seeing  him. 

On  the  ist  of  January,  1777,  Captain  Ward  was  promoted  Major  in  the 
First  Regiment  from  Rhode  Island  (sometimes  known  as  the  "Ninth 
Foot,  in  the  Continental  Army "),  commanded  by  Colonel  Christopher 
Greene.  His  commission  was  signed  by  Henry  Laurens,  President  of 
Congress,  Jan.  5,  1778.  From  April  to  June,  1777,  the  regiment  was 
stationed  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey,  in  Washington's  army  ;  forming  part 
of  General  V^arnum's  brigade.  On  tiie  2d  of  July,  General  Washington 
writes  toClov.  Trumbull,  that  he  has  ordered  General  Parsons'  and  General 
Varnum's  brigades  to  march  off  with  all  despatch  towards  Peekskill,  in 
order  to  allow  four  of  the  strongest  Massachusetts  regiments  at  that  point 
to  reinforce  Ticonderoga,  which  v,as  threatened  by  Gen.  Burgoyne.  Wash- 
ington antici|)ated  that  the  next  step  of  (ien.  Howe's  army  would  be 
towards  Peekskill,  "  in  order  to  get  ))ossession  of  the  jiasses  in  the  High- 
lands," and  wished  to  prevent  such  a  movement.  Major  Ward  accom- 
panied his  regiment  on  this  march,  crossing  the  Hudson,  and  remaining 
encamped  at  Peekskill  until  after  the  close  of  August,  under  the  command 
of  Lieut.-Colonel  Comstock.  The  last  letter  that  reached  Major  Ward  at 
this  |)oint  is  dated  August  31st.  Brig.-General  James  Clinton  conmianded 
the  fortifications  at  the  Highlands,  and  his  name  is  attached  to  the  muster 
rolls  of  the  First  Rhode  Island  Regiment. 

During  Se]»tember  the  regiment,  with  the  rest  of  Gen.  Varnum's  brigade, 
marched  southward,  after  recrossing  the  Hudson,  to  reinforce  Washington's 
army  near  Philadelphia.  Washington  mentions  this  detachment  from 
Peekskill  as  about  twelve  hundred  strong.  On  the  7th  of  October,  General 
Washington  wrote  to  General  Varnum,  who  was  near  Coryell's  Ferry  on 
the  march,  directing  him  to  detach  Col.  Greene's  and  Col.  .Angell's  regi- 
ments for  the  defence  of  Fort  Mercer,  at  Red  Hank  on  the  Delaware  river. 
Washington's  letter  of  instructions  to  Colonel  Greene  is  full  of  interest. 
He  says  :  "  Sir,  I  have  directed  General  Varnum  to  send  your  regiment 
and  that  of  Colonel  Angell  to  Red  Bank,  by  a  route  which  has  been 
marked  out  to  him.  The  command  of  that  detachment  will  of  course  de- 
volve upon  you,  with  which  you  will  proceed  with  all  expedition,  and  throw 
yourself  into  that  place.  When  you  arrive  there,  you  will  immediately 
communicate  your  arrival  to  Colonel  Smith,  conmiander  of  the  garrison  at 
F'ort  Mifllin,  and  Conunodore  Ha/lewood,  commander  of  the  fleet  in  the 
river.  Vou  are  to  co-operate  with  them  in  every  measure  necessary  for 
the  defence  of  the  obstructions  in  the  river,  and  to  counteract  every 
attempt  the  enemy  may  make   for  their  removal.     You  will  tind  a  very 


lO  Lie lU.  Colonel  Sainiul   Ward. 

good  fortification  at  Red  I'.aiik  ;  but  if  anylliing  should  be  requisite  to  ren- 
der it  stronger,  or  proportion  it  to  the  size  of  your  garrison,  you  will  have 
it  done.  The  cannon  you  will  stand  in  need  of,  as  much  as  can  be  spared, 
will  be  furnished  from  the  galleys  and  Fort  Milllin,  from  whence  also  you 
will  derive  supplies  of  military  stores.  I  have  sent  Captain  l)ui)lessis, 
with  some  officers  and  men,  to  take  the  immediate  direction  of  the  artil- 
lery, for  your  garrison.  He  is  also  to  superintend  any  works  that  may 
be  wanted.  If  there  should  be  any  deficiency  of  men  for  the  artillery,  the 
security  of  the  garrison  will  re(iuiie  you  to  assist  them  with  a  few  additional 
ones  from  your  detachment.  You  should  not  lose  a  moment's  time  in 
getting  to  the  i)lace  of  your  destination,  and  making  every  proper  ])repara- 
tion  for  its  defence.  Any  delay  might  give  the  enemy  an  opportunity  of 
getting  there  before  you,  which  could  not  fail  of  being  most  fatal  in  its  con- 
sequences. If  in  the  ])rogress  of  your  march  you  should  fall  in  with  any 
detachment  of  the  enemy,  bending  towards  the  same  object,  and  likely  to 
gain  it  before  you,  and  from  intelligence  should  have  reason  to  think  your- 
self etjual  to  tlie  task,  you  will  by  all  means  attack  them,  and  endeavour  by 
that  means  to  disappoint  their  design.  I  have  written  to  (Jeneral  New- 
comb,  of  the  Jersey  militia,  to  give  you  all  the  aid  in  his  power,  for  which 
you  will  accordingly  apply  when  necessary.  Upon  the  whole,  Sir,  you  will 
be  pleased  to  remember,  that  the  post  with  which  you  are  now  intrusted 
is  of  the  utmost  importance  to  America,  and  demands  every  exertion  of 
which  you  are  cajjable  for  its  security  and  defence.  The  whole  defence  of 
the  Delaware  absolutely  de|)ends  upon  it,  and  consequently  all  the  enemy's 
hopes  of  keejiing  Philadelphia,  and  iinally  succeeding  in  tlie  object  of  the 
liresent  campaign.  Inlluenced  by  these  considerations,  1  doubt  not  your 
regaiil  to  the  service,  and  your  own  reputation,  will  prompt  you  to  every 
])ossible  efTort  to  accomplish  the  important  end  of  your  trust,  and  frustrate 
the  intentions  of  the  enemy. — (liven  at  Ileadipiarters,  this  7th  day  of  Octo- 
ber, 1777." — Colonel  Cireene  accordingly  marched  to  this  important 
])osition,  taking  command  of  the  two  regiments,  which,  in  numbers,  only 
amounted  to  four  hundred  men,  but  were  a  gallant  band  of  soldiers.  Fort 
Mercer  was  situated  on  tlie  east  bank  of  the  Delaware,  and  had  originally 
been  a  much  larger  fortification,  but  the  French  engineer  officer  menlioneil 
in  Washington's  letter  of  instructions,  Plessis  de  Mauduit,  reduced  the  earth- 
works to  tlie  form  of  a  pentagon  mounting  fourteen  cannon,  and  abandoned 
the  outer  line  of  works  as  useless. 

On  the  evening  of  the  21st  of  October,  twelve  hundred  Hessians,  under 
the  brave  Count  Donop,  crossed  the  river  from  Philadelphia,  and  inarched 
to  Haddonfield.  The  following  morning,  the  eventful  22d  of  October,  they 
marched  before  dawn  to  attack  I'brt  Mercer ;  but  being  delayed  by  the 
l)rompt  action  of  the  guard  at  Timber  Creek,  who  removed  the  lower  bridge, 
they  were  obliged  to  cross  by  one  four  miles  above,  and  did  not  reach  the 
neighbourhood  of  the  fort  until  about  noon.  The  Americans  awaited  their 
apiMoach  with  great  coolness.  ColoneKireene  mounted  the  ramparts,  and 
paced  up  and  down,  spy-glass  in  hand,  to  encourage  his  men,  advising  them 
to  aim  at  the  enemy's  broad  waist  belts.  Major  Ward  has  been  described 
on  this  occasion  by  Ceo.  W.  dreene  in  the  following  words  :  "There,  was 
young  Samuel  Ward,  who  had  followed  him"  (Col.  Cireene)  "to  Cambridge 
and  Quebec  as  Cajjtain,  and  now  stood  by  his  side  as  his  Major,  slender,  but 
tall,  vigorous  and  erect,  with  a  keen  flash  in  his  eye,  and  immovable  firm- 


Lieut. -Cflhmd  Stjinuel   ]i\ird.  \  \ 

ncss  on  his  lip  and  brow.''*  After  a  summons  to  surrender,  coii|)led  with 
a  tiireat  that  no  quarter  would  be  given,  which  was  received  with  projier 
scorn,  the  Hessians,  at  a  (|iiarter  to  5  p.  m.,  opened  a  brisk  fire  with  their 
cannon,  and  then  advanced  to  the  attack  in  two  colinnns.  Finding  the 
outer  works  tmguarded,  they  rushed  on  with  loud  huzzas  to  the  terrible  doom 
that  awaited  them.  The  Americans  reserved  their  fire  until  the  right  mo- 
ment, and  then  delivered  it  with  fearful  effect. 

Closing  up  their  broken  ranks,  the  first  column  reached  the  abatis,  and 
commenced  tearing  away  the  branches;  but  the  fire  was  so  deadly  that 
they  at  last  moved  toward  the  river,  and  there  subjected  themselves  to  a 
cross  fire,  which  was  very  destructive.  The  other  column  attacked  the 
fort  toward  tlic  south,  and  met  with  such  a  severe  reception,  that  finally  all 
who  survived  retreated  in  confiision  to  Maddonfield.  Some  foin-  hundred 
Hessians  lay  dead  and  wounded  on  the  field.  'I'hoir  connnander.  Count 
1  )onop,  came  into  action  in  full  uniform,  and  behaved  very  gallantly,  but 
was  soon  mortally  wounded  in  the  thigh.  He  lay  buried  imder  heaps  of 
slain  until  rescued  by  the  garrison,  to  die  three  da)'s  later. 

Major  Ward  wrote  the  otiicial  report  of  this  memorable  battle,  in  which 
he  had  bravely  sustained  his  p.irt.  It  was  addressed  to  General  Washing- 
ton, and  is  as  follows  : 

"October  231I.  Uy  tlie  desire  i)f  Ciilonel  Circene,  I  coiifjratul.ile  your  ICxcellcnoy  on 
llie  success  of  the  troops  under  his  commaiul  ycslcnlay.  ()nthe21sl  iusMiit,  four  l)nt- 
talions  of  Gennans,  amounlin;;  to  al)out  twelve  luiudred  men,  comui.inded  liy  Count 
Donop,  landed  .It  Cooper's  Kerry,  and  marclied  the  same  cvenint;  to  lladdoufield.  At 
three  o'eloclc  yesterday  niornint;  they  marched  for  tliis  place.  When  tlie  ijuard  at  'Timher 
Creek  Bridye  were  informed  of  llieir  approach,  lliey  took  up  tliat  liriilye,  and  llie  enemy 
filed  ofl'lo  the  left,  and  crossed  a  l)ridi;e  four  miles  above.  Their  advanced  parties  were 
discovered  within  four  miles  of  the  fori  at  twelve  o'clock.  At  half  after  four  in  the  after- 
ncxm  they  sent  a  fla<j  to  summon  the  fort  The  reply  was  that  it  should  never  be  sur- 
rendered. At  three-quarters  past  four  they  licijan  a  brisk  cannonade,  and  soon  after 
advanced  in  two  columns  to  the  allack.  They  passed  the  abatis,  {gained  the  dilch,  and 
some  few  got  over  the  pickets  ;  but  the  fire  was  so  heavy,  that  they  were  soon  driven  out 
again  with  considerable  loss  ;  and  ihey  retreated  precipitately  towards  Iladdonfield.  The 
enemy's  loss  amounts  to  one  lieulenant-eolonel,  three  captains,  four  lieutenants,  and  near 
seventy  (of  the  rank  and  file)  killed;  and  Count  Donop,  his  brigade-major,  a  captam, 
lieutenant,  ami  upwards  of  seventy  non-conunissioned  officers  and  privates  woundetl  and 
taken  prisoners.  We  are  also  informed  that  several  wagons  are  taken.  The  C'olonel 
pro)ioses  to  send  the  wounded  ollicers  to  llurlinglon.  lie  also  enjoins  me  to  tell  your 
Kxcellency,  that  both  oflicers  anil  men  behaved  with  the  greatest  bravery.  'J'he  action 
lasted  forty  minutes." 

The  total  l<jss  of  the  liritish  was  subsequently  reported  to  Congress  as 
400  men. 

General  Washington  reiilied  as  follows  : 

"Headquarters,  24th  October,  1777. 
To  Colonel  Christopher  Greene  : 

Sir  : — I  have  just  received  a  letter  from  Major  Ward,  written  by  your  desire,  giving 
an  account  of  your  success  over  the  enemy  on  the  22d  instant.  I  heartily  congratulate 
you  upon  this  hnjijiy  event,  and  beg  you  will  accept  my  most  particular  thanks,  and  pre- 
sent the  same  to  ytnir  whole  garrison,  both  oiVicers  and  men.  Assure  them,  that  their 
gallantry  and  gooii  behaviour  meet  my  warmest  approbation.  All  the  prisoners  sliould 
be  immcHliately  removed  to  a  distance  from  your  post,  to  some  convenient  and  safe  place. 

•  Life  of  General  Greene  by  G.  W.  Greene,  Vol.  ist,  Page  490. 


12  Lieut.-Colonel  Samuel  Ward. 

I  am  sorry  you  liave  thought  of  sending  the  ofilcers  to  Burlington,  as  lliey  would  lie  in  no 
kind  of  security  at  that  place,  but  niiglit  he  taken  and  carried  off  by  the  enemy  with  the 
greatest  ease.  Immediately  on  the  receipt  of  this,  you  will  he  j^leased  to  liase  all  the 
prisoners,  both  ofiicers  and  men,  conveyed  to  Morristown.  The  woundeil  can  be  accom- 
modated in  the  hospitals  there  and  in  its  neigld>ourhood.  Count  l)ono]>  in  partiddar  is  a 
man  of  importance,  and  ouj^ht  by  all  means  tii  be  taken  care  of.  With  respect  to  the 
arms  you  have  taken,  as  they  are  no  dtjubt  j^oimI,  it  will  be  well  to  exchange  all  the 
indiOerenl  arms  you  may  have  for  them  ;  but  after  that  is  done,  1  would  recommend  to 
you  to  send  all  your  superfluous  arms  away.  They  can  be  put  in  the  wagons,  that  are  on 
the  way  to  you  with  ammunition. 

I  am  Sir,  &c." 

Colonel  Greene's  gallantry  and  success  were  recognized  by  a  vote  of 
thanks  on  the  part  of  C'ongress,  an  elegant  sword  being  ordered  to  be  pre- 
sented to  him. 

On  the  nineteenth  of  November,  Colonel  (ireene  wrote  to  Ceneral 
\Vasliington,  whose  headquarters  were  at  \\'hitemarsh,  giving  an  account 
of  the  state  of  affairs  at  l'"ort  Mercer,  which  was  in  a  very  critical  condition 
since  the  fall  of  Fort  Milllin,  three  days  previously  ;  the  enemy  being  able 
to  concentrate  their  entire  attention  upon  Red  Bank,  the  American  fleet  in 
the  river  having  been  destroyed. 

Colonel  (Ireene  was  anxious  to  hold  the  jtost  his  gallant  garrison  had 
defendetl  with  such  extreme  bravery  against  overwhelming  odds  on  the 
memorable  twenty-second  of  October,  and  sent  the  letter  by  Major  Ward, 
who  also  personally  informed  (General  Washington  of  the  condition  of  the 
place,  as  Lord  Cornwallis  was  threatening  the  rear  of  the  position  with  a 
large  force,  which,  as  was  already  known  to  Washington,  had  marched  from 
Philadelphia  to  Chester  on  the  scventeenlli  of  November,  and  had  crossed 
the  Delaware.  As  Fort  Mercer  now  alone  prevented  the  British  ships 
from  passing  u]i  the  Delaware  to  Philadelphia,  it  was  desirable  to  continue 
holding  the  fortification  if  (lossible;  but  it  had  now  become  untenable,  and 
on  the  evening  of  the  20th,  Col.  (Ireene,  in  compliance  with  the  advice  of 
his  immediate  su|)eriors,  evactiated  the  fort,  contrary  to  his  own  wish.  As 
the  British  army  had  for  some  time  occupied  Philadelphia,  the  army  under 
General  Washington  went  into  winter  (juarters  at  Valley  l''orge,  where  the 
sufferings  and  privations  the  soldiers  encountered,  that  terrible  winter,  were 
nobly  sustained.  Major  Ward  accompanied  his  regiment,  and  remained 
at  \'alley  I'orge  until  about  February,  1778,  when  he  went  home  to  Rhode 
Island  on  furlough,  and  married  Phebe  Creene,  eldest  daughter  of  (lov- 
ernor  William  (Jreene,  of  that  State.  The  marriage  took  place  at  Warwick, 
R.  I.,  March  8,  177S,  and,  at  the  expiration  of  a  month,  the  bridegroom 
returned  to  Valley  h'orge,  crossing  the  Hudson  near  West  Point,  so  as  to 
avoid  the  British  ships. 

During  the  month  of  May,  T778,  Col.  Christopher  C.reene  and  Major 
Ward, — Lieut.-Col.  Coinstock  having  resigned, — went  home  to  Rhode 
Island,  to  raise  a  colored  regiment,  the  remains  of  their  gallant  command 
being  consolidated  with  Colonel  Angell's  regiment.  The  new  command 
was  successfully  organized,  and  did  good  service  during  the  remainder  of 
the  war,  retaining  the  designation  of  the  I'irst  Rhode  Island  Regiment.  It 
was  attached  to  Major-(ieneral  Sullivan's  command,  and  stationed  at  East 
Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  on  the  mainland.  Col.  (Jreene  now  became 
actitig  Brigadier-General,  and  Major  Ward  assumed  command  of  his  regi- 
ment during  the  ensuing  movements.     On  the  9th  of  August  following, 


Lieut.-Colonel  Samuel  Ward.  j? 

(jcn.  Sullivan's  army  crossed  from  Tiverton  to  Rhode  Island  proper,  to 
attack  the  enemy's  fortifications  at  Newport,  expecting  the  cooperation 
of  the  French  lleet  under  Count  13'lCstaing.  The  Hritish  had  evacua- 
ted their  forts  on  the  north  end  of  the  island,  anticipating  Sullivan's 
approach  ;  and  the  French  fleet  soon  landed  four  thousand  men  to  join 
him,  under  the  Mar(|uis  de  Lafayette,  who  now  for  a  time  commanded  the 
left  wing  of  the  army,  Major-(ien.  Nalh.  CJreene  commanding  tlie  right 
wing,  while  the  celebrated  John  Hancock  held  a  subordinate  command  as 
Major-Ciencral.  A  letter  of  Major  Ward's  describes  the  army  as  encamped 
at  Kliddlctown,  R.  I.,  Aug.  i8,  1778,  and  frequently  exxhanging  shots  with 
the  British,  who  were  thoroughly  fortified  in  their  position.  Tlie  French 
fleet  had  sailed  out  to  engage  the  Hritish  ships,  taking  their  troops  wilh 
them.  He  hopes  that  the  fleet  will  soon  return,  and  describes  the  Ameri- 
can army  as  engaged  in  throwing  up  intrenchments,  expecting  to  return  the 
enemy's  cannonade  the  following  day.  He  writes  the  next  day:  "We 
drove  the  enemy  from  a  small  battery,  killing  and  wounding  several  of 
them."  The  ca|)lure  of  New|>ort  was  confidently  expected,  as  the  French 
fleet  was  relied  upon  to  cover  the  landing  of  American  troops  in  rear  of  the 
Hritish  works,  which  were  remarkably  strong,  with  but  one  narrow  apiiroach. 
But  Admiral  D'Kstaing's  vessels  having  been  crippled  in  a  storm,  he  sailed 
to  Boston  with  the  entire  fleet,  and  Hritish  vessels  soon  after  arriving  to 
reinforce  General  iMgot,  General  Sullivan  retreated  on  the  evening  of  the 
28th  of  August,  to  the  northern  jiart  of  the  island,  where  he  had  caused 
strong  fortiricatit)ns  to  be  ]irc|)ared.  The  British  army  followed,  and  on 
the  29lh,  a  sliarp  engagement  ensued,  in  which  the  Americans  gained  a 
decisive  victory.  During  the  30th,  both  armies  kept  up  a  steady  cannon- 
ading, but,  in  the  evening,  the  American  forces  retreated  in  good  order  to 
Tiverton,  on  the  mainland,  without  any  loss.  Major  Ward  commaiKied 
his  regiment  during  the  engagement  and  the  subsequent  retreat,  behaving 
with  great  coolness  and  gallantry,  and  animating  the  colored  levies  by  his 
great  personal  courage,  as  is  shown  in  General  Sullivan's  orders  compli- 
menting the  regiment  after  the  battle.  Major  Ward  writes  on  the  30th  : 
"The  army  retreatetl  the  evening  of  the  28th.  Early  yesterdav  morning, 
the  enemy  moved  out  after  us,  expecting  that  we  were  leaving  the  island, 
and  took  possession  of  the  Heights  in  our  front.  They  sent  out  parties  in 
their  front,  and  we  made  detachments  to  drive  them  back  again.  After  a 
skirmish  of  three  or  four  hours,  with  various  success,  in  which  each  party 
gave  way  three  or  four  times,  and  were  reinforced,  we  drove  them  quite 
back  to  the  ground  they  first  took  in  the  morning,  and  have  continued 
there  ever  since.  Two  ships  and  a  couple  of  small  vessels  beat  up  oppo- 
site our  lines,  and  fired  several  shots  ;  but,  being  pretty  briskly  fired  upon 
from  our  heavy  pieces,  they  fell  down,  and  now  la)'  opposite  the  enemy's 
lines.  Our  loss  was  not  very  great  ;  it  has  not  been  ascertained  yet ;  and 
I  can  hardly  make  a  tolerable  conjecture.  Several  officers  fell,  and  several 
are  badly  wounded.  1  am  so  happy  as  to  have  only  one  captain  slightly 
wounded  in  the  hand.  I  believe  that  a  couple  of  the  blacks  were  killed, 
and  four  or  five  wounded,  but  none  badly.  Previous  to  this,  I  should  have 
told  you  that  our  picijuets  and  the  light  corps  engaged  their  advance,  and 
fought  them  with  bravery."  General  Sullivan  received  the  thanks  of  Con- 
gress for  his  masterly  evacuation  of  Rhode  Island. 

After  General  Sullivan's  retreat,  the  First  Rliode  Island  Regiment,  under 


H 


Lieut. -Colonel  Samuel  Ward. 


Colonel  Greene,  was  stationed  at  East  Greenwich  during  the  ensuing  sea- 
son. Major  Ward  remained  with  his  regiment,  and,  on  the  twelfth  of  April, 
1779,  was  commissioned  Lieutenant-Colonel,  to  fill  the  vacancy  occa- 
sioned by  the  resignation  of  Lieut. -Col.  Comstock,  his  rank,  accordingly, 
dating  from  May  26,  1778.  His  conmiission  was  signed  by  John  Jay,  Presi- 
dent of  Congress.  In  October,  1779,  Newport  was  evacuated  by  the 
Uritish.  Colonel  Greene's  regiment  remained  at  East  Greenwich,  and,  at 
the  beginning  of  January  1780,  Lieut. -Colonel  Ward  was  ordered  on 
detached  duty  to  I'rovidence,  to  take  command  of  a  Light  Corjis,  previously 
commanded  by  Colonel  Barton.  He  gave  great  satisfaction  in  his  new 
position,  as  is  shown  by  General  Cornell's  letters.  Having  been  appointed 
on  a  committee  to  represent  the  Otticers  of  the  Rhode  Island  Line,  with 
regard  to  the  dei)reciation  of  the  Continental  currency,  he  exerted  himself 
before  the  General  .Vssembly,  so  as  to  carry  his  point,  and  regulate  the 
officers'  i)ay  to  their  satisfaction.  He  was  stationed  at  North  Kingston 
and  at  Newport  during  the  remainder  of  the  year,  and  was  very  active  in 
]ireparing  the  levies  for  the  field. 

On  the  first  day  of  January,  1781,  a  large  niunber  of  the  officers  of 
the  Rhode  Island  Line  retired  on  half  pay,  it  becoming  necessary  to  reduce 
the  number  of  officers.  The  gallant  Colonel  Angel!  retired  at  this  time, 
and  Lieut. -Colonel  Ward  came  ne.\t  on  the  list.  A  copy  of  Horac.  which 
Col.  Ward  carried  with  him  tiirough  the  Revolution,  is  still  prcservecl,  as  also 
his  sword.  A  conunittee  of  three  having  been  apiwinted  by  the  General 
Assembly  in  November,  1780,  to  examine  the  abstracts  of  the  several 
brigades  of  Rhode  Island  Militia,  with  regard  to  their  service  in  July  of  that 
year,  IJeut.-Col.  Ward  was  appointed  011  tliis  connuittee,  reporting  in  Jan- 
uary, I  781.  The  following  May,  he  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  one  of  his 
best  friends,  Col.  Christopher  Greene  being  kilietl  by  the  British  near 
Croton  River,  N.  Y. 

Lieut. -Col.  Ward  now  went  into  business  as  a  merchant,  at  Warwick,  R.  I., 
displaying  great  energy  in  his  new  career.  In  i  784  he  became  a  member  of 
the  Rhode  Island  branch  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati.  In  1786  he  was 
sent  to  Annapolis  as  a  delegate  to  the  Convention  called  to  regulate  com- 
merce between  the  ditferent  States.  On  this  occasion  he  visited  Virginia. 
In  1788  he  made  a  voyage  from  Providence  to  Canton,  by  way  of  Maileir.i, 
I'ondicherry,  Madras,  etc.  The  ship  was  called  the  George  Washington, 
and  was  among  the  first  to  dis[)lay  the  American  llag  in  the  China  seas. 
This  voyage  occupied  considerably  over  a  year,  and  Lt.-Col.  Ward  kept  a 
careful  journal,  which  shows  his  close  attention  to  business.  Upon  his 
return  to  the  United  States,  in  1789,  he  resumed  business  in  Rhode  Island. 
In  1790  he  made  a  voyage  to  England,  Holland,  etc.,  and  on  his  return 
established  himself  in  New  York  as  a  merchant,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Samuel  Ward  &  lirother.  In  1792-3  he  again  visited  Englanil  and  I'' ranee 
on  business,  and  being  in  Paris  when  Louis  XVI.  was  condemned  to  death, 
he  went  to  Versailles  with  General  Lafayette,  to  avoid  the  s|>ectacle  of  the 
execution.  He  returned  to  New  York  on  the  first  of  August,  1793,  and 
continued  to  reside  there,  engaged  in  business,  until  1804,  when  he  removed 
to  East  (ireenwich,  R.  I.  The  following  year  he  maile  a  voyage  to  Bermuda. 
He  was  elected  President  of  the  New  York  Marine  Insurance  Company, 
Nov.  12,  1806,  and  returned  to  New  York  to  accept  this  position,  which  he 
filled  until  the  close  of  1808,  when  he  returned  to  t^ast  Greenwich,  where  he 


The  Ward  Family. 


15 


owned  a  farm.  He  went  as  a  delegate  to  the  celebrated  Hartford  Conven- 
tion in  1814,  Init  had  no  sympathy  with  the  extremists,  and  did  his  best  to 
procure  the  triuini)h  of  moderate  counsels,  and  to  strengthen  the  National 
cause.  In  1816,  with  a  view  of  being  near  his  children,  several  of  whom 
had  embarked  in  business  in  New  York,  he  removed  from  Rhode  Island  to 
Jamaica,  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  and  resided  there  until  1828,  when  he 
returned  to  New  York  City,  where  his  wife  died  Oct.  nth  of  the  same 
year.  He  survived  her  until  August  16,  1832,  when  he  passed  away  at 
No.  7  Bond  St.,  New  York,  after  a  noble  and  useful  life.  He  was  pro- 
nounced to  have  been  "a  ripe  classical  scholar,  a  gentleman  of  most 
winning  urbanity  of  manners,  and  a  man  of  sterling  intellect  and  unblem- 
ished honor."  ' 

Note.— Tliu  letters  from   (leneral  Wasliington  quotecl  in   this  article  are   principally 
taken  from  the  fifth  volume  of  his  correspumlence,  edited  by  Mr.  Sparks. 


THE   WARD    FAMILY. 


The  name  ^/Ward,  or  \V.\ruk,  isof 
Norman  origin,  and  found  on  the  an- 
cient Roll  of  Battle  Abbey,  England, 
as  given  by  Duchesne,  Holinshcd,  and 
Leland.  Arms,  as  borne  by  the  Family 
in  America,  and  originally  brought  over 
from  England : ''  azure,  a  cross  patonce 
or.  Crest :  A  wolfs  head  erased,  proper, 
langued  and  dentated  gules.  Motto  : 
Sub  cruce  salus. 


1.  John  Ward,  who  had  been  an  officer  in  one  of  Cromwell's  cavalry 
regiments,  came  to  America,  from  (lloucester,  England,  after  the  accession 
of'King  Charles  II.  He  settled  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  is  mentioned  in  the 
Records  in  1673.  He  died  at  Newport,  in  April,  1698,  aged  79.  His 
sword  was  preserved  in  the  family  for  nearly  a  century. — Issue : 

2.  Thomas  Ward,  who  preceded  his  father  to  America,  was  born  in 

1641,  married,  first.  Mary ?  by  whom  he  had  daughters,  i.  Marv,  who 

married  Sion  Arnold,  son  of  Gov.  Benedict  Arnold,  of  Newport,  R.  I.;  ii. 
Margaret,  who  married  Capt.  Robert  Writington.     His  second  wife  was 

1  In  Col.  Truinliull's  p.ihiling  of  the  dc.ith  of  Moiilgomcry  .it  (.Jucbcc.  the  middle  soldier  of  the  three 
grouped  ill  the  left  foregTound  is  Capt.lin  Samuel  W.ird.  The  artist  painted  the  picture  in  Kuropc,  Irom 
recollection,  without  having  a  portrait  of  Capt.  W.,  the  latter  being  at  the  time  ui  America. 

"  The  arms  and  crest  are  still  to  be  seen  engraved  on  the  monument  of  Gov.  Richard  Ward  in  New- 
port, R.  I. 


J  5  The   Ward  Family. 

Amy  Smith  (a  granddaughter  of  Roger  Williams).  He  settled  at  Newport 
soon  nfter  1670,  ami  is  first  mentioned  in  Rhode  Island  liislory  in  May,  1671, 
and  siibsciiucntly  in  1677,  when  lie  was  elected  (leneral  Treasurer  of  the 
Colony.  He  was  elected  to  the  upper  house  of  the  (leneral  Assembly  as 
Assistant,  equivalent  to  a  modern  Senator,  in  1679,  and  was  repeatedly 
chosen  a  Deputy  from  Newport  until  his  death,  September  25,  1689,  aged 
48.  ]5ackus  {History  Bnptists,  i,  516)  says  that  he  was  a  Baptist,  and  a 
very  useful  man  in  the  Colony  of  Khode  Island.  His  widow  (Amy)  after- 
wards married  Arnold  Collins,  and  their  son  Henry  Collins  (called  by  the  late 
Dr.  Benjamin  VVaterhouse  "the  Lorenzo  de  Medicis  of  Rhode  Island"), 
born  March  25,  1699,  died  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  about  1770. — Issue : 

3.  i.    Tiios.  Ward,  died  December  22,  1695,  in  his  13th  year. 

4.  ii.  (Cov.)  Richard  Ward,  born  April  15,  1689,  at  Newport,  R.  I., 

married  Mary  (daughter  of  John)  Tillinghast,  November  2, 
1709  ;  was  many  years  Secretary,  and  afterwards  Covcrnor  of 
the  Colony  from  1740  to  1743,  and  died  August  21,  1763. 
His  able  report  to  the  English  Board  of  Trade,  on  paper 
money,  is  printed  in  J.  R.  Bartlett's  R.  I.  Colonial  Records, 
Vol.  5.  ps-ge  8.  His  wife,  Mary,  died  October  ig,  1767,  in 
her  78th  year. — Children: 

i.  Amy,  born  September  4,  ami  died  Oct.  22,  1710. 

ii.   TnoMAS,   born   October   24,  1711,   married   Content   (daughter   of 

EHsha)  Coggcshall,  of  Newjiort  •  was  for  many  years  .Secretary  of 

Slate,  wliicli  ofiice  he  lielt!  al  tlie  time  of  his  deatli,  December  21, 

1760  (for  issue  see  Coll.  K.  I.  Hist.  Soc.  in,  310). 

iii.   Mary,   Irarn  l)eccnil)er  10,    1713;    married  Ebenezer  Flagg  ;    died 

May  21,  1781. 
iv.    El-IZARKril,  born  Feb.  19,  1715  ;  died  Aug.  27,   1717. 
V.  Amy,  born  July  21,    1717;  ni.arried  Samuel  Vernon,  of  Newport, 
R.   I.,    and   ilieil    Jan.   17,    1792.     (The   geologist   and   author, 
Clarence  King,  is  descended  from  her.) 
vi.   IsAiiEL,  born  .Sept.  19,  1719  ;  married  Huxford  Marchant,  ami  died 

at  Newport,  Feb.  5,  iSoS. 
vii.   Han.nau,  born  Sept.  24,  1721  ;  died  Dec.  27,  17S3;  unmarried, 
viii.  John,  born  Aug.  4,  1723;  died  Aug.  15,  1724. 
vs..  Samuel  (5),  born  May  27,  1725  ;  died  March  26,  1776. 
X.   Meucv,  born  June  3,  1727;  died  Oct.  25,  1730. 
xi.   Makgaret,  born  April  14,   1729;  married  Col.  Sanmel  Freebody, 

of  Newport,  K.  I.,  Jan.   i,  1765  ;  died  June  27,  1765. 
xii.    KieilARI),  born  Jan.  22,  I730;dieil  Aug.  7,  1732. 
xiii.    Henry,  born  Dec.  27,  1732;   married  Esther  (daughter  of  Thomas) 
Freebody,  of  Newport,  succeeded  his  brother  Thomas  as  Secretary 
of  State,  which  olfice  he  held,   by  successive  annual  re-elections, 
until  his  death,  Nov.  25,  1797,  at  i'rovidcncc,    R.  I.,   leaving  one 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  who  married  Dr.  I'.ardim  Bowen  of  that  city. 
xiv.   lii.iZAiiETH,  Ijorn    June   6,    1735,  married  Rev.  William   Bliss,   of 
Newport,  and  died  in  1815,  without  issue. 

5.  (Cov.)  Samukl  Ward  was  born  May  27,  1725,  at  Newport,  R.  I.  ;  was 
C^hief  Justice  in  1761  ;  and  Governor  of  the  Colony  from  1762  to  1763,  and 
from  1765  to  I  767.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Continental  Congress  in  i  774, 
and  from  1775;  to  1776,  constantly  presiding  in  the  Committee  of  the  Whole, 
wliich  sat  daily  (see  commencement  of  article  on  I. lent. -Col.  S.  Ward). 
Many  of  his  letters  are  printed  in  the  sixth  and  seve.'ith  volumes  of  Rhode 
Island  Colonial  Records,  with  a  biographical  sketch.  His  life,  by  Wm. 
Gammell,  is  given  in  the  ninth  volume  of  the  Library  of  American  Biography, 


Tlic    Ward  Family.  17 

conducted  by  Jared  Sparks.  He  niarriud  Anne  (daughter  of  Simon)  Ray,  of 
Wock  Island  (also  a  lineal  descendant  of  Roger  Williams),  Dec.  20,  1745. 
He  died  of  smallpox  al  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  26,  1776.  His  tomb- 
stone, at  New[)ort,  was  erected  by  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  and  the 
inscription  was  written  by  John  Jay.  His  wife  died  at  Westerly,  R.  I., 
Dec.  3,  1770,  in  the  43d  year  of  her  age. — Children  : 

i.  CnARr,ES,  born   1747,  was  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  Army, 

died  unmarried, 
ii.   Hann.\h,  born  April  12,  1749,  died  unmarried  1774. 
iii.  Anna,  born  Aug.  24,  1750,  married  Ethan  Clarke,  and  died  1790. 
iv.  Catherine,    born    Oct.    2,    1752,    married    Christopher    Greene 
(brother  ot    Cen.   Nathanael   Greene),   and  died  1781,   leaving 
two  daughters,  of  whom  Anna  married  A\'m.   P.  Ma.xwell,  and 
died  Nov.  9,  1S57,  aged  81. 
V.  Mary,  born  Dec.  5,  1754,  died  1832,  unmarried. 
vi.  Samuei-  (6),  born  Nov.  17,  1756,  died  Aug.  16,  1832. 
vii.   Df.uorah,    born    Oct.    12,    1758,    became    the    second    wife    of 
Christopher  Greene,  who  had  married  her  sister  Catherine,  and 
died  in  1835,  at  Potowomut,  R.   I.     Their  son,  Richard  Ward 
Greene,  born  Jan.   21,  1792,  became  Chief  Justice,  R.   I.,  and 
died  March  14,  1875. 
viii.  Simon  Rav,  born  Oct.  4,  1760,  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary Navy  ;  married  Sarah  Gardner,  and  died  of  yellow-fever 
in  the  West  Indies,  about  1790,  leaving  two  daughters, 
ix.  John,    born  July  26,    1762,   married   Elizabeth  (daughter  of  Dr. 
P^jhraim)   15owen,   of  Providence,  and  died  at  IJrooklyn,   N.  Y., 
Sept.,  1S23,  without  issue. 
X.   Richard,  born  in  1764,  married  Eliza  (daughter  of  Josei>h)  Brown, 

of  Providence;   where  he  died  in  October,  1808,  without  issue, 
xi.    Ei.izadeih,  born  1766,  died  at  Warwick,  R.  I.,  1783,  unmarried. 
0.  (I,t.-Col.)  Samuel  Ward  was  born  Nov.  17,  1756,  ftt  Westerly,  R.  I. 
(see  previous  memoir  of  him).      He  was  married  March  8,  1778,  to  Phebe, 
daughter  of  (lovernor  William  and  Catharine  Ray  Greene,  of  Rhode  Island, 
the  latter  a  daughter  of  Simon  Ray,  and  noted  as  the  witty  correspondent 
of  Henjamin  Franklin.    Hedied  in  New  York  City,  Aug.  16,  1832.     His  wife, 
born  March  20,  1760,  at  Warwick,  R.  1.,  died  Oct.  u,  182S. — Children: 
i.  Wii.i.iAM  Greene,  born  .Aiiril  i,   1779,   at  Warwick,    R.  I.;   died 

.Aug.  17,  1798,  in  New  York,  of  yellow-fever, 
ii.  Samiei,,  born  Jan.  23,  1781  ;  died  Nov.  13,  1785. 
iii.   Henry,  born  Dec.  15,  1782,  died  Sept.  3,  1783. 
iv.   Henry  (7),  born  March  17,  1784;  died  July  26,  1S38. 
v.  Samiki.  (8),  born  May  i,  1786;  died  Nov.  27,  1839. 
vi.  Anne    Catherine,    born  Aug.  15,    1788;   died  Sei)t.    14,    1837, 

unmarried, 
vii.   Phehe,  born  July  17,  1791,  at  Providence,  R.  I.  ;  died  at  Jamaica, 

I..  I.,  April  22,  1825,  unmarried, 
viii.   Richard  Ray  (9),  born  in  New  York  City,  Nov.  17,  1795  ;  died 
there  Dec.  8,  1873. 
ix.  John  (10),  born  October  26,  1797,  and  died  March  31,  1866. 
X.  William  Greene  (11),  born  Aug.    7,    1802,    and  died   July   22, 
1848,  in  New  York  City. 


1 8  The   Ward  Family. 

7.  Henry  Wakd,  bum  Marcli  i  7,  i  7<S4,  was  married  Sept.  2,  1S18,  to  Eliza 
Hall  (a  daiif^hter  of  Dr.  Jonatliaii  Hall,  of  I'oiiifret,  Conn.,  and  Hathslieha 
MnMiford,()f  Newport,  R.  1.,  and  a  ^randilaughtcr  of  Rev.  David  Hall,  D.D., 
of  Sutton,  Mass.,  and  Kli/abetli  I'rescott,  of  Concord,  Mass.,  the  latter  a 
great-granddaughter  of  Rev.  I'eter  lUilkle)-,  the  fountler  of  Concord,  and  fa- 
mous in  Cotton  Mather's  Magnalia,  who  was  born  Jan.  31,  1583,  and  died 
March  9,  1659).  Henry  Ward  had  a  great  talent  for  music.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in  New  York.  He  was  engaged  in  business  in 
New  York,  and  died  in  that  city  July  26,  1838.  His  wife,  who  was  noted 
for  a  remarkable  talent  for  i)ainting,  intellectual  jiower,  and  great  benevo- 
lence, was  born  Nov.  30,  1789,  and  died  in  New  York  City,  March  17,  1872. 
Only  son:  Hknry  Hai.i,  Ward,  born  in  the  city  of  New  York,  April  19, 
1820  ;  was  graduated  at  Columbia  College  in  1838  ;  was  a  partner  of  Messrs. 
Waril  &  Company,  bankers,  New  York  ;  J'resident  of  the  New  York  Club  ; 
Treasurer  of  the  New  York  State  Society  of  Cincinnati  ;  a  Knight  Temiilar 
in  the  Masonic  Order;  and  Senior  Director  of  the  National  Fire  Insurance 
Company  of  New  York.  He  inherited  his  father's  great  musical  talent. 
Died  at  Saratoga  Springs,  Aug.  27,  1872. 

8.  Samukf,  Ward  was  born  May  i,  1786.  He  went  into  business 
in  New  York  City,  and  became  a  |)artner  of  Mr.  Prime,  in  1808.  The  firm 
of  Prime,  Ward  &  Sands  (afterwards  Prime,  Ward  &  King)  became  very 
celebrated.  In  October,  181 2,  he  married  Julia  Rush,  daughter  of  ]'>enja- 
jamin  Cutler,  of  Jamaica  Plain.s,  Mass.  (sister  of  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  I'.enj. 
Cutler,  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Prooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  a  relative  of  (Jen.  Francis 
Marion,  of  Revolutionary  fame).  His  wife  died  Nov.  11,  1&24.  In  1828 
he  e.xerted  himself  to  procure  a  buikling  for  the  N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 
In  1830,  he  was  very  active  in  founding  the  New  York  University.  He 
became  President  of  the  City  Temperance  Society  in  1831,  and  in  1836 
assisted  in  founding  the  .Stuyvesant  Institute.  .After  the  financial  crisis  of 
1S36-37,  the  liank  of  I'lngland,  wisliing  to  assist  the  New  York  City  banks 
in  resuming  specie  payment,  conlided  a  loan  of  nearly  five  millions  of 
dollars  gold  to  the  firm  of  Prime,  Ward  tv  King,  a  remarkable  sign  of  con- 
fidence. Soon  after,  Samuel  \Var(l  bifcame  President  of  the  Hank  of  Com- 
merce, in  New  York.  He  had  a  fine  gallery  of  paintings  in  his  residence, 
corner  of  Pond  Street  aiul  liroadway,  New  York.  He  died  Nov.  27,  1839, 
respected  and  esteemed  by  all. — Children  : 

i.  SAMUK.r,  Ward,  born  in  1814,  was  graduated  at  Columbia  College, 
1 83 1,  was  formerly  a  banker,  lately  a  di|)lomatist  and  poet ;  author 
of  "Lyrical  Recreations;"  married  ist,  Kmily,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam B.  Astor.  [Their  surviving  child,  Margarkt  Astok  Ward, 
married  John  Wmthroi)  Chanler.]  Married  2d,  Medora  Oynies. 
— Children  : 

1.  Samuei,,  (lied  1866. 

2.  Kandui.I'H  G.,  died  1864. 

ii.   Henrv  Jr.,   born  in    1818,   was  graduated  at  Columbia  College, 

1836  ;  died  in  New  York  1840. 
iii.  Jui-iA,  died  in  infancy, 
iv.  Jiu.iA,  born  in  New  York,  May  27,  1819,  married  Dr.  Samuel  O. 

Howe,  of  IJoston,  Mass.,  in  1843.     She  is  the  gifted  authoress 

of  "Passion    Flowers,"   "The   Battle  Hymn  of  the   Republic," 

and  many  other  works. — Children  : 


The   Ward  FaniHy.  ig 

1.  Jui.lA  RoMANA  IIoWK,  married  Michael  Anagnos. 

2.  Ki.oRKNCE  M.  IlowK,  iiiarricil  David  P.  Hail. 

3.  IIknky  M.  Howf.,  marrieil  Fannie  Gay. 

4.  l.AURA  K.  Howe,  ni.anied  Henry  Ricliards. 

5.  Maud  Howb. 

V.  Francis  Marion  was  born  in  Aug.,  1820  ;  was  giadiiatcd  at  Col- 
umbia College,  I1S38  ;  became  a  merchant  ;  (lied  in  New  Orleans, 
Sept.,  1847. 
vi.  Louisa  Cuit.er,  was  born  in  Feb.,  1823,  married  ist,  in  1844, 
Thomas  Crawford,  the  celebrated  sculi)tor,  who  was  born  in  New 
York  City,  March  22,  1813,  and  dieil  in  London,  October  10, 
1857. — CliUdic7i  : 

1.  Annif.  Crawfoki",  married  Uaron  von  Rahe. 

2.  Janf,  Campiseli.  Crawford,  died  immarried. 

3.  Marv  Crawfouii,  married  lln[;li  Kraser. 

4.  Francis  Marion  Crawford. 

.She  married  2d,  in  1862,  Luther  'I'erry,  artist,  of  Rome,  Italy. — 
Children :  Margarkt  Terry  and  Arthur  Nof.i.  '1'ickkv. 
vii.  Annk  Im.iza,  was  born  Nov.  2,  1824,  married  Adolphc  Mailliard, 
in  1846;  now  of  San  Rafael,  Cal. — Childie)i : 

1.  Louise  Marguerite  Maii.i.iard. 

2.  JosEi'H  Maii.i.iard,  died  yi.nnt;. 

3.  Cora  Maii.i.iard. 

4.  Jdsei'H  Maii.i.iard. 

5.  John  Mau.liard. 

9.  Richard  Ray  Ward,  born  in  New  York  City,  Nov.  17,  1795,  became 
a  lawyer  in  New  York.  He  was  an  honorary  member  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Historical  Society  from  1823,  and  was  noted  for  antiquarian  research.  He 
married  Certrude  Eliza  (daughter  of  Fdward)  Doughty,  of  New  York, 
November  3,  1835.  She  died  May  21,  1859.  He  died  in  New  York  City, 
Dec.    S ,    1873. — CI  I  ildrcn  : 

i.   Okrtkudk  Rav,  married  Dr.  P.ethuel  L.  Dodd,  of  Newark,   N.  J., 
County   Physician. — Cliildnn  : 
Kdward  Lewis  and  Annie  May. 
ii.  Annie  C. 

10.  John  Ward,  born  Oct.  26,  179.7,  in  New  York  City  ;  was  brought  up 
princijially  at  East  Creenwich,  R.  1.  ;  went  into  business  in  New  \'ork,  in 
1818,  in  the  office  of  Messrs.  Nevins  &  Townsend.  In  1824  he  founded 
the  linn  of  John  Ward  &  Co.  (changed  to  Ward  &  Co.  in  1847).  He  was 
for  many  years  President  of  the  N.  Y.  Stock  Exchange  (his  portrait,  by 
Wen/.ler,  is  still  preserved  in  their  biiiUling),  and  ilied  March  31,  1866,  in 
New  York  City.  He  was  greatly  respected  as  an  able  fmancier,  and  a  man 
of  sterling  integrity. 

11.  Wii.r.lAM  CuEENE  Ward,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  Aug.  7,  1802. 
He  was  brought  up  at  Fast  Creenwich,  R.  I.,  and  at  Jamaica,  L,  1.  He 
went  into  business  in  New  York  City,  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  John 
Ward  &  Co.,  and  displayed  unusual  business  capacity.  He  was  noleil  for 
his  e-xcellent  judgment  of  men  and  affiiirs.  His  energy  was  indomitable. 
He  married  Abby  Maria  (daughter  of  Dr.  Jonathan)  Hall,  of  Pomfret,  Conn, 
(a  sister  of  Mrs.  Henry  Ward,  and  of  the  late  eminent  lawyers,  Jonathan 
Prcscott  Hall,  and  David  P.  Hall),  Nov.  17,  1830.  His  wife  was  born 
March  6,  1802.     Another  of  her  sisters  was  the  late  Miss  Anne  Hall,  the 


20  The    M'ard  Family. 

artist,  several  of  whose  miniatures  rival  those  of  Malboneand  Isabey.    AVni. 
Ci.  Ward  died  in  New  York,  July  22,  1848.  —  C/ii/tlnii  : 

12.  i.    VV'ii.l.lAM  CkEENK  Wakd,  bom  in  New  York  City,  July  20,  1832, 

was  graduated  at  Columbia  College,  1851  ;  is  a  banker  of  llie 
firm  of  Ward  &  Co.  ;  was  in  LInited  Stales  service  as  JJeut.- 
Colonel,  'I'weifth  Regiment,  N.  Y.  S.  M.,  from  April  19  to 
Aug.  .\,  1861  ;  was  Colonel  of  same  regiment  in  U.  S.  service 
from  May  31  to  Oct.  8,  1862  ;  ))arlici|)aled  in  the  defence  of 
Harper's  I'erry,  and  was  paroled  at  its  surrender,  Sept.  15, 
1S62,  exchanged  Jan.  1 1,  1863  ;  again  in  \J.  S.  service  as  Colo- 
nel of  same  regiment  from  June  17  to  July  22,  1863,  being  in 
Dana's  Division,  and  Couch's  Corps,  in  the  Pennsylvania 
campaign.  lie  partly  invented  and  greatly  improved  the 
Ward-Hiirton  breech-loading  ritle.  Deis  Drigadier-Ceneral, 
First  lirigade,  ist  Div.  N.  (,.  S.  N.  Y.  Married  Kmily  (ira- 
ham  (daughter  of  John  L.)  McRniglU,  of  Itordciitown,  N.  J., 
June  17,  1857. — C/iili/iiii  : 

1.  Maria  Emily  G.  McK.,  Iiorn  Oct.  4,  1S63. 

2.  Leila  Kliza  Pkescott,  burn  M.-iy27,  1867  ;  dial  M.-irdi  23,  iSOS. 

3.  Caroli.ne  CoNSTANTiA,  borii  .'\]>ril  12,  1S69. 

13.  ii.  Charles  Henry  Ward,  born  in  New  Y'ork  City,  Oct.  17,  1S33, 

was  graduated  at  Columbia  College,  1851  ;  is  a  banker  of  the 
firm  of  Ward  &  Co.  ;  has  nnich  taste  for  literature  and  art. 
Married  Mary  Montagu  (daughter  of  Klea/.ar)  I'armly,  April 
13,  1857. — Cliildicn: 

1.  Charles  Mcntaou,  liom  June  16,  1S5S. 

2.  I''RAN'eis  Khrick,  born  Kcl).  24,  1860. 

3.  Julia  Prescott,  born  J.in.  23,  1S62;  died  Jan.  11,  1864. 

4.  Louisa  Hall,  horn  April  4,  1S64. 

5.  John  Prescott,  born  .Vpril  26,  1.S66;  died  March  27,  i868. 

6.  William  Frederick,  born  April  26,  1S66. 

7.  Henry  Marion,  born  Nov.  8,  1S70. 

14.  iii.  Anne  Catherine,  born  May  5,  1835;  died  April  (6,  1840. 

15.  iv.  John,  born  Dec.  26,  1837;  died  Keb.  3,  1838. 

16.  V.  John  Ward,  born   in  New  York  City,  Nov.  30,  1838,  was  gra- 

duated at  Columbia  College.  1858,  and  at  Col.  Coll.  l,aw 
School,  i860,  and  as  Doctor  of  Mediciiie  at  University  Metli- 
cal  College,  1864.  In  United  States  service  as  ist  Lieutenant 
and  Captain,  Twelfth  Regiment,  N.  Y.  S.  M.,  from  April  lyih 
to  Aug.  4th,  1861,  serving  in  defence  of  \Vashington  and  in 
Western  V^irginia  ;  was  Captain  in  same  regiment,  in  U.  S. 
service,  from  May  31st  to  Oct.  8th,  1862,  partici|)ated  in  tiie 
defence  of  Harper's  i'erry,  and  was  paroled  at  its  surrender. 
Sept.  15,  1862;  exchanged  Jan.  11,  1863;  elected  Colonel 
i2th  Infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  Jan.  4,  1867,  and  is  still  in 
command.  Lawyer,  author  of  "Campaigns  of  the  Twelfth 
Infantry,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  1861-62-63,"  and  of  "The  Over- 
land Route  to  California,  and  other  Poems,"  etc. 

17.  vi.  Prescoit  Hai.l  Ward,  born  Oct.  9,    1841,  was  graduated  at 

Columbia  College  Law  School,  1861  ;  married  Marian  Poyn- 
tell  (daughter  of  George  W.)  Turner,  July  29,  1863  ;  died 
in  New  York  City,  Oct.  16,  1870. 


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